RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil on Monday recorded 321 new deaths as a result of Covid-19, bringing the total number of fatalities from the disease in the country to 574,848, the Health Ministry said.
There were also 13,103 new cases of coronavirus, with the total number of infections in the country advancing to 20,583,994, the folder added.
The federal government still reports 529,199 Covid-19 patients in follow-up.
According to Statista, the leading German company specializing in market and consumer data, Brazil ranks fifth in Latin America for deaths per million in the last seven days. It is better positioned than Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, and Argentina. Worldwide, it ranks 18th.
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